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rase: [The child ran away _with great glee_]. 2. A clause: [I will go canoeing _when the lake is calm_]. 3. A noun: [Please come _home_. I will stay five _minutes_]. PREPOSITIONS +76. Classes of Prepositions.+--The _simple_ prepositions are: _at, after, against, but, by, down, for, from, in, of, off, over, on, since, through, till, to, under, up_, and _with_. Other prepositions are either derived or compound: such as, _underneath, across, between, concerning_, and _notwithstanding_. +77. Suggestions concerning the Use of Prepositions.+--Mistakes are frequently made in the use of the preposition. This use cannot be fully discussed here, but a partial list of words with the required preposition will be given. afraid _of_. agree _with_ a person. agree _to_ a proposal. bestow _upon_. compare _to_ (to show similarity). compare _with_ (to show similarity or difference). comply _with_. conform _to_. convenient _for_ or _to_. correspond _to_ or _with_ (a thing). correspond _with_ (a person). dependent _on_. differ _from_ (a person or thing). differ _from_ or _with_ (an opinion). different _from_. disappointed _in_. frightened _at_ or _by_. glad _of_. need _of_. profit _by_. scared _by_. taste _of_ (food). taste _for_ (art). thirst _for_ or _after_. _Like_, originally an adjective or adverb, is often, in some of its uses, called a preposition. It governs the objective case, and should not be used as a conjunction: [She looks like _me;_ not, She looks like I do]. The appropriate _conjunction_ here would be _as_: [She speaks _as_ I do]. The prepositions _in_ and _at_ denote rest or motion _in_ a place; _into_ denotes motion _toward_ a place: [He is _in_ the garden. He went _into_ the garden]. +78. Prepositional Phrases.+--The preposition, with its object, forms what is termed a prepositional phrase. This phrase is _adjective_ in force when it modifies a substantive; and _adverbial_, when it modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb: [In the cottage _by the sea_ (adjective). He sat _on the bench_ (adverb)]. Some prepositions were originally adverbs; such as, _in, on, off, up_, and _to_. Many of them are still used adverbially or as adverbial suffixes: [The ship lay to. A storm came on]. CONJUNCTIONS +79. Classes of Conjunctions.+--Conjunctions are divided according to their use into two general classes: the _cooerdinate_ and the _subordinate_ conjunctions. _Cooerd
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